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R. T. RANDALL.

I BERMLER. APPLICATION FILED IAIN-2541918.

l zfizfiwm Patented Apr. 9,1918

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UNIVERSAL JOINT.

1,262 561. Specification of Letters latent. Patentgd Apr, 9, 1918.Application filed April 12, 1916. Serial No. 90,758.

To all whom it may concern: to its closed end. Studs 3, are fixed in the50 tion when taken in connection with the drawings, that the simplicityand advantages as well as the operation of the device will be perfectlyapparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain,the derailed car wheels being arranged to travel over the re-railing carrails 21 and 22 so that the flanges of one of the wheels may be directedby the rerailing rail 21 against the inner face of the head of one ofthe track rails 9, and the bearing surface of the said wheel positionedupon the said track. In a like manner, the flanges of the oppositewheels will be directed by the rerailing rail 22 causing the flanges ofthe said wheels to passbetween the inclined confronting ends of theheads 15 and 16 of the block 10,0ver the Web 14 and following thecontour from the inner end a'nd'inner face of the head 16 of said wheelswill travel over the extension 19 and over the rounded tread surface ofthe head 16 on to the second track rail 9.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is: V

1. In a. rerailing device for railroad rolling stock, a block, saidblock comprising spaced sides each provided witha head, and designed tobe arranged over one of the track rails, one of said heads having astraight bearing surface,-the otherhead having its bearing surfacerounded from its inner to its .outer end and its said inner endterminating inwardly of the outer end of the first. mentioned head, bothof the heads having their confronting faces arranged at a similar angle,a web connecting the angular ends of the heads'below the tread surfaceof the heads, a latch on the side of one of the heads forming acontinuation of the web, and rerailing rails each having its inner endarranged at an angle whereby one of the said rails may be positionedagainst one of thetrack rails, and the other rerailing rail may bepositioned between the sides of the block at the inner end of one of thesaid sides.

2. In a car replacer, a rerailing block com prising a member including amember channeled longitudinally from the under face thereof to providetwo spaced sides and a provide a pocket between the sameand the 7 sideof the rail, and rerailing rails, one of which being; pivotallyconnected to one of the ties and the other having a reduced end receivedin the referred to pocket.

3. Ina car replacing device, a block which is channeled longitudinallyfrom its under face to provide two spaced sides, the inner corners ofwhich are depressed. longitudinally and the outer corners of which areflanged outwardly whereby the block may be arranged over a rail toreston the base flanges thereof and'on the ties supporting the rail,each of the sides being formed with aninwardly flanged head, one of theheads presenting a straight surface and the other head being roundedfrom its inner to its outer end, each of the heads terminatingapproximately equidistant from the center of the block, said heads, atthe confronting portions thereof being inclined in the same direction, ahorizontally straight web connecting the saidheads at the beveledportions thereof, a flange providing an, extens sion forthe said web onthe inner face-0f the rounded head, the side. having the roundedheadhaving its inner edge be eled providing a pocket between the saidside and one of the sides of the rail, rerailing rails each comprising amember inclined from its inner to its outer end and its inner endbeveled in opposite directions whereby to contact with the sides of therails and be arranged at an angle with respect to the said main rails,one ofsaid rerailing blocks hav ing its inner end reduced whereby to bereceived in the referred to pocket, and a pivot member securing theother rail to one of the ties.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

RITCHARD T. RANDALL.

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